{"id":2349695,"date":"2026-03-29T01:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2349695"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:04:09","slug":"mormon-wives-chase-jokes-he-has-magic-after-jessi-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mormon-wives-chase-jokes-he-has-magic-after-jessi-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormon Wives&#8217; Chase Jokes He Has \u2018Magic\u2019 After Jessi Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/secret-lives-of-mormon-wives\/\"><em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em><\/a> star <strong>Chase McWhorter<\/strong> has poked fun at drama in the MomTalk world caused by his kiss with ex-wife <strong>Miranda Hope<\/strong>\u2019s costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jessi-draper\/\"><strong>Jessi Draper<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chase, 30, shared <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcCP9ej4B4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a tongue-in-cheek Instagram video<\/a> on Saturday, March 28, set to <strong>ZoHendrix<\/strong>\u2019 song \u201cSeasons,\u201d in which the reality star stares at his own hands as the lyric \u201cI\u2019ve got the magic in me\u201d plays. The <em>Mormon Wives<\/em> star tagged the video by writing, \u201cIYKYK [if you know, you know].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His attempt to laugh off the MomTalk controversy didn\u2019t go over well with everyone, as his former flame <strong>Layla Taylor<\/strong> replied, \u201cgirl shut your mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/em>\u2019s <strong>Bronwyn Newport<\/strong> seemingly wasn\u2019t laughing either, as she responded, \u201cBoy, you better stop playing with those girls I love before I bring myself down past point of the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-miranda-mcwhorter-posts-about-betrayal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-miranda-mcwhorter-posts-about-betrayal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mormon Wives&#8217; Miranda Shares \u2018Betrayal\u2019 Post Amid Jessi and Chase Drama<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMiranda McWhorter is addressing the drama surrounding her ex-husband Chase McWhorter and her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u00a0costar Jessi Draper. After an insider told Us Weekly that Jessi and Chase got cozy at a recent party, Miranda took to her TikTok account on Thursday, March 26, to react. \u201c[Get ready with me] while I process [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-jessi-kissed-costar-mirandas-ex-at-party\/\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively reported<\/a> on Thursday, March 26, that Chase and Jessi recently kissed at a party. (Jessi is currently going through a contentious divorce from Jordan Ngatikaura.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were having fun at a party and it\u2019s not serious between them,\u201d an insider told <em>Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda and Chase were married from 2017 to 2024 and share two children, son Brooks, 6, and daughter Cohen, 4. Chase later briefly dated fellow <em>Mormon Wives<\/em> star Layla.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the latest bombshell, Miranda, 27, revealed that she\u2019d received a bouquet of flowers from Jessi, 33, seemingly as a peace offering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI completely understand you being upset with me,\u201d Jessi wrote. \u201cBut wanted to send you a little something to let you know I\u2019m thinking about you and I am so so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-miranda-feels-slighted-after-jessi-kissed-ex\/\">Miranda broke her silence<\/a> in a statement to <em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em> on Thursday, clarifying that she was aware that there was \u201ccommunication between Chase and Jessi but not to what extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChase was upfront and told me that they were talking and that they kissed. Jessi reached out only after she knew Chase had told me something was going on with them,\u201d Miranda said.<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWhat I never want to get misconstrued is that there is not any emotional attachment to Chase. He is my coparent. Although I do feel disrespected by Chase, I feel slighted by my friend. Chase and I are no longer partners and while I have a high expectation of him as a coparent, I also hold my friends to a high standard and believe in girl code.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-mikayla-reacts-to-momtoks-week-from-hell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2243484588-Mormon-Wives-Mikayla-Reacts-to-MomTok-Week-Straight-From-Hell.jpg?crop=396px%2C127px%2C553px%2C312px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Mormon Wives' Mikayla Reacts to MomTok's 'Week Straight From Hell'\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2243484588-Mormon-Wives-Mikayla-Reacts-to-MomTok-Week-Straight-From-Hell.jpg?quality=74&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-mikayla-reacts-to-momtoks-week-from-hell\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mormon Wives&#8217; Mikayla Reacts to MomTok&#8217;s &#8216;Week Straight From Hell&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2019 Mikayla Matthews is sharing her reaction to MomTok\u2019s drama-filled week. The stars of the hit Hulu reality show have scarcely been out of the headlines in the past week. To recap: First, there was the alleged domestic violence incident involving Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen that put a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jessi\u2019s estranged husband Jordan, 31, weighed in when Miranda invited fans to \u201c[get ready with me] while I process my friend group being a waiting room for my ex-husband\u201d in a TikTok video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like she can\u2019t even be faithful or loyal even in a friendship\u2026 too bad,\u201d Jordan replied in a since-deleted comment.<\/p>\n<p>Chase then fired back at Jordan, writing, \u201cBack to LinkedIn u go.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Amid the total chaos in the MomTalk world, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/mormon-wives-chase-mcwhorters-sister-reacts-to-jessi-kiss\/\">Chase\u2019s sister, <strong>Aysia McWhorter,<\/strong> joked<\/a> that \u201cevery day there\u2019s something new\u201d in their friend group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jessi\u2019s] type is my brother? First question, how has he pulled all of the Mormon Wives?\u201d Aysia teased. \u201cWhy are they all in line for him? I love you Chase, but it\u2019s getting a little bit hard to defend you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She quipped in a caption, \u201cUtah can\u2019t be this small @chase! What are they feeding you?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Chase McWhorter has poked fun at drama in the MomTalk world caused by his kiss with ex-wife Miranda Hope\u2019s costar Jessi Draper. Chase, 30, shared a tongue-in-cheek Instagram video on Saturday, March 28, set to ZoHendrix\u2019 song \u201cSeasons,\u201d in which the reality star stares at his own hands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2349696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,233436,24122],"class_list":["post-2349695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-scandals","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mormon-Wives-Chase-Jokes-He-Has-\u2018Magic-After-Jessi-Kiss.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349697,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349695\/revisions\/2349697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2349696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}